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OVERGOAT.

Patented Mar. 4, 1884.

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HENRY EMANUEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO.DAV ID HEINEMAN AND SALOMON LORSOH,

PATENT O FIC BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

OVERCOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,599, dated March 4, 18 84.

' Application filed April 20, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY EMANUEL, a citizen of the United States, residing atNew York, in the county and State of New York,

have invented new and useful Improvements I 5 straps upon the skirts for encircling the legs of the wearer and .holding the skirts enwrapped about them, and in another instance a coat has been provided with attachable and detachable shields or protectors applied to the inside of 20 the skirts upon each side, where they serve to cover the legs of the wearer.

The object of the present invention isto improve upon the class of coats above set forth, so as to enable the same to be more cheaply and easily made than heretofore, and provide leg-pockets of a permanent nature that are al-- ways in position for use, and can .be quickly and conveniently closed around the legs by the wearer, the pockets devised in the present instance also adding to the strength and finish of the coat, and causing the skirts to hug the legs closer than heretofore, and possessing other advantages which will be hereinafter fully described. i

5 In the drawing, the figure is a view of the inner side of the coat, showing the permanent leg-pockets at the bottom of its skirt portion, one of said pockets being opener in position for the insertion of the legs of the wearer and the other being buttoned down.- i

' The letter A designates a coat of any preferred form or pattern, and made of any desired materialsuch as woolen or textile fabric or rubber, or other suitable water-proof which, like the coat, may be of any approved material, not liable to be affected by friction, the-strip forming the pocket being secured at one of its sides or edges to the fabric or material of the coat by stitching b, or other means of fastening, extending the entire length of the strip. The bottom and-top edges of the strip forming each pocket are not attached to the coat, but are left free, so as to form an openended pocket, which is permanently attached to the coat at its sides--at one side by the continuous stitching b, and at the other side by a short row of stitches, 0, extending. from the bottom edge of thecoat-skirt or thestrip forming the pocket to such a height asmay be found necessary to allow the foot and leg tobe passed throughthe pocket. The free or unattachedside portion of the strip forming the pocket is provided on its inner face with one or more buttons, hooks, or other fastening devices, 0, which engage with a corresponding button-hole, eye,

or'other device on a narrow vertical strip or tab, D, sewed to the coat at its inner'edge, and lying under the strip forming the pocket when the latter. is closed. It will be manifest that the location of permanently-attached pockets at the bottom of the coat-skirts will cause said pockets to be always in position for use, and that the feet and legs of the wearer can be readily passed through the same by unfasten- 8o ing the inner unattached portions of the pockets and turning them back, as is shown. After the coat has been properly put on, the loose portions of the pockets are turned over the legs of the wearer and quickly and easily but- 8 5 toned or otherwise secured to the strip or tab D, which will effectually serve to hold the skirts against the person of the wearer and prevent the entrance ofmoisture and air at any of the seams or points of attachment of the pocket.

In addition to the advantages possessed by pockets permanently attached -'to the coat or arranged in such manner as to be always in position ready for use, I-may state that the 5 absence of projecting fastening devices on the leg-pockets removes a source of annoyance in horseback-riding, where such projections are liable to exert a pressure upon the person of the rider, and, moreover, exposed fastening IOO devices are liable to be worn or rubbed off. length of one of their edges and for a portion I do not wish to be understood as claiming I of theirlength along the opposite edge to leave 15 what is diselosedinLetters Patent $026535, unattached side portions, and means for it issued to me September 26, 1882, nor as claim- 1 taehing the loose upper corner of the pocketing a coat in which the skirts are each providi piece to the skirt, substantially as described. ed with two straps secured at one end and i In testimony whereof I have hereunto set adapted to be passed around the limbs and my hand and seal in the presence of two sub- 20 buttoned to the skirts at their opposite ends. scribing witnesses. I Having thus described my invention, what HEXRY EMANUEL claim 1s 1 A coat provided with open-ended pockets \Vitnesses: at the bottom of its skirts, said pockets being SALOMON LORSUH, permanently stitched to the shirts the entire DAYID T. LONG. 

